Epic Games shutters Impossible Studios

Even a thoroughly awesome logo wasn't enough to save it - Epic Games has just announced that after only six months, it is closing new studio Impossible Studios.

Impossible was formed from the ashes of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning developers Big Huge Games, with former THQ creative director Sean Dunn in the director's chair.

Tim Sweeney - Epic founder - recalls:

When former members of Big Huge Games approached Epic last year, we saw the opportunity to help a great group of people while putting them to work on a project that needed a team.

It was a bold initiative and the Impossible folks made a gallant effort, but ultimately it wasn’t working out for Epic.

The Impossible Studios staff have been given three months' severance pay, and the unusual opportunity to form a new company with the same name and logo, if they want to.

The news puts the future of Infinity Blade: Dungeons, a prequel to the iOS smash series, on hold until further notice.

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   February 10, 2013 at 7:50 pm

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2. Infinity Blade available free for a limited time « Player Attack says:

   February 14, 2013 at 3:25 pm

   [...] It's spawned four expansions and one sequel, with a prequel title currently on hold following the closure of developer Impossible Studios (for more of what could have been, take a look at our Infinity Blade: Dungeons preview!). Why not [...]

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Article Details

• published: February 10th, 2013
• by: Jessica Citizen
• in: !Impossible Studios, Company: Big Huge Games, Company: Epic Games, Company: THQ, Game: Infinity Blade: Dungeons, Game: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, Sean Dunn, Tim Sweeney
• comments: 2

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